BEVERLY HILLS - The film nominees for the 68th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were both predictable and, as always, surprising in their eclectic choices.

Best picture in a drama featured Oscar contenders "Inception," "The King's Speech," "The Social Network," "Black Swan" and "The Fighter." Best picture - musical or comedy included a strange mix of critically lambasted blockbusters, misfires and one lauded Sundance title as "Alice in Wonderland," "Burlesque," "The Kids Are Alright," "Red" and "The Tourist" were honored.

Among all films, "The Social Network" and "The Fighter" both had six nods, "Inception," "Black Swan" and "The Kids Are All Right" found four nominations, "127 Hours," "The Tourist" and "Alice in Wonderland" landed three nods. In something of a surprise, the Coens' remake of "True Grit" was completely snubbed including potential Academy Award best actor nominee Jeff Bridges and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld.

In other bits, Johnny Depp became a rare double nominee in the best actor - musical or comedy category for both "The Tourist" and "Alice in Wonderland" which is no surprise since he has been nominated nine times previously for a Globe; "Burlesque" landed two original song nominations for "Bound to You" and "You Haven't Seen The Last of Me" which provided honors for both Christina Aguilera and Diane Warren respectively as songwriters.

With over a decade of experience in the movie industry, Ellwood survived working for two major studios and has written for Variety, MSN and the LA Times. A co-founder of HitFix, Ellwood spends his time relaxing hitting 3’s on the basketball court and following his beloved Clippers.